Casket



Patented Apr. 35, 192%..

ArEur orrics.

Application ens December a, 1922. Serial Ho. eras.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Henna T. Jumps FUEHRMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Broolrl n, in the county of Kings and State 0 NewYork, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Caskets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The main ob'ect of this invention is to provide a burial casketconstructed in such manner as to retard disintegration of the corpsecontained therein for a greater length of time than is possible with thepresent type of caskets.

Another object is to provide a burial casket composed of a materialimpervious to water or moisture and constructed as a body and a cover,these members hermetically sealing the interior when closed so that novermin or air may gain access thereto.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below inwhich characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Reierringbriefiy to the drawing, Figure l is a front elevational view ofthe burial casket closed.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view of the same. 0

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional eleva tional view oi a corner or thecasket show ing the means employed for hermetically sealing the some.

' Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the baseof the casket and constitutes a separate member which may be fitted tothe casket at will. The faces of the base may be curved or ornamentedinto any shape desired.

The body of the casket comprises a rectangular bottom 2 from the edgesof which rise end walls 3 and side walls 4. The walls and the bottom areof? moderate thickness,

' and are slightly greater in cross section than the prevailing type.The entire body is cast of a compound consisting of intusorial earth(diatomite) and magnesite or other material. Wiese elements whenproperly mixed have the quality of being lighter than wood andimperviousness to both air and Water. In casting the body of diatomiteand magnesite, the entire surfaces become glazed upon hardening. isglazed finish may be made toimitate wood or various other materials.Each of the walls 3 end-t h s a ircular g ove 5 which eatends parallelto the length of the walls. The groove of one wall communicating withthe grooves in the adjacent walls. The cormore of the body are preventedfrom being chipped or otherwise damaged by the guard strips 6. The sidewalls 4 have plate brackets 7. mounted thereon near their opposite endsfrom which lugs project, said lugs bein used to pivotally supportcarrying hand es 8.

A cover comprising a top 9 and Walls 10, and side walls 11, is hingedlysecured to. one of the side walls 4 of the body and is also constructedof the same material as the body, its longitudinal dimensions being alsosimilar to the body. The external corners are protected by strips 12 andthe parallel edges are similarly protected by strips 13. The entireinner surface of the cover has a fabric covering concealing itssurfaces. This covering indicated by the numeral 14 is generally of silkcloth and is ruffled or formed into folds. the walls of the body aresimilarly covered by a fabric 15. The edges of the cover are providedwith semicircular inverted grooves, the latter aligning with the grooves5 when the cover is closed down on the body. The

grooves 5 have a flexible rubber tubing fixed therein, said tubing beingadapted to be inflated by an air pump thru a valve 18. The edges of thebody and cover normally do not contact with each I other but areslightly spaced-apart by a crevice 20. The entire crevice is concealedfrom view by the strips 19 which extend around the caslret body and aresecured thereto.

lZVhen the corpse has been deposited in the body the cover is closeddown upon the latter after the tubing 17 has been inflated. The cover isthen looked to the body, the locking means not being shown on thedrawing. The body and cover being composed of diatomite and magnesitewill prevent the entrance of moisture or vermin, and the inflated tubingbetween the body and the cover will prevent the moisture and vermin fromentering the casket thru the crevice. In this manner prematuredisintegration of the corpse is prevented.

I clain1':--

1. In a burial casket, a box-like body composed of .a mixture ofdiatomite and magnesite, the walls and bottom being integral, the wallsof the body having a continuous and endless semicircular groove, thewalls The interior surfaces of till ill

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lillil of the cover having an inverted semicircular oove which alignswith the groove in the ody, a flexible endless tubing mounted in thegroove of the body, a valve on said tubing adapted to be used wheninflating the same, and strips covering the crevice between the body andcover when the latter is in closed position. i

2. A burial casket, a box-like body composed of diatomite and magnesite,thewalls and bottom being integral, a cover on said body, strips securedto the edges of thesifles.

( H. T. JULIUS FUEHRMAN.

